Means for facilitating the cleaning of street catch-basins.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

E STREET CATCH BASINS.

E W. H. ENGELBREGHT. MEANS FOR FAOILITATING THE CLEANING 0 ATPLICATIONFILED SEPT.19, 1905.

W/T/VESSES:

` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I-I. ENGELBREOHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEANS FOR FACILITATING THE CLEANING. OF STREET CATCH-BASINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed September 19, 1905. Serial No. 279.197.

l'o t/ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ENGEL- u BRECHT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, Prince Bay, borough ofRichmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Means for Facilitating the Cleaning of Street CatchBasins, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices or means for facilitating the cleaningof street catchbasins; and it consists, substantially, in the details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularlydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

The invention has reference more especially to devices or means forfacilitating the cleaning of street catch-basins of that type in whichpractically a Siphon-pipe is employed the shorter leg of which extendswithin the catch-basin from one side of the latter and the longer leg ofwhich extends underground to and in communication with the usualsewer-main of the street, into which water and other accumulations fromthe catch-basin are discharged on reaching a certain level within thelatter. Ordinarily, as is well known, whenever it is desired to clean astreet catch-basin it is necessary for the operator in most instances toempty the catch-basin of its contents by dipping out the contents inbucketfuls and carrying the same to some other basin, (the one nearestby of course,) into which it is discharged to be conveyed therefrom tothe sewer-main by the Siphon-pipe thereof, as ordinarily takes placewith each catch-basin of the system whenever the contents rise above adeterminate level or height.

The cleaning of street catch-basins in the manner above suggested isboth laborious and expensive, besides being attended with otherdisadvantages and objections, all of which it is one of the principalobjects ofthe present invention to overcome.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a device or means forthe purpose mentioned which is simple in construction and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture, besides being effective and reliable in useand possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantiallysuch as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a sectional view illustrating an ordinary street catch-basin andmain, together with a Siphon-pipe between the two, substantially of theform or construction as now employed in many instances, and Fig. 2 is asimilar view illustrating a Siphon-pipe between the catch-basin and mainembodying my improvements.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated thatin the form of my improvements herein shown I employ a Siphon-pipe,preferably leading from each sewer-basin of a system to the streetmainthereof, having special means at its shorter leg whereby water and siltor other soft accumulations within the basin may be dipped up anddelivered-to said Siphon-pipe to be conducted to the sewer-main, therebyobviating the necessity for carrying or otherwise conveying suchaccumulations to any other basin of the system, as will presently beexplained.

Reference being had to the drawings by the designating charactersthereon, 1 repre- `sents a street catch-basin of ordinary construction,access to which is had through an opening 2 at the top, closed by asuitable lid or cover 3. As shown in Fig. 1, there is a siphonpipe 4, ofthe type hitherto employed, between the sewer-basin and the sewer-main5, it being understood that the shorter leg 6 of said Siphon-pipeextends within the catchbasin from one side at a suitable height of thelatter so as to carry off or convey water and other accumulations to themain 5 whenever the same reaches a predetermined height or level Withinthe basin.

In Fig. 2 is shown a Siphon-pipe 7 embodying my improvements, theshorter leg 8 of which is preferably enlarged or formed with a bulge 9,and the interior of said leg is divided by a curved partition 10, whichis substantially concentric with the lower side 11 of said shorter leg,this construction resulting in the formation of an upper channel 12 anda lower channel 13 within said shorter leg of the Siphon-pipe, both ofsaid channels leading to and being in communication with the longer legof the Siphon-pipe at 14. The channel 13 ordinarily performs all of thefunctions of the shorter leg of the Siphon-pipe shown in Fig. 1 wheneverthe water or other accumulations within the catch-basin IOO IIO

reach the height or level within the latter to be siphoned off in theordinary manner.

The shorter leg of the Siphon-pipe of my improvements is provided with areceiver or funnel 15, which is vertically disposed upon said leg andhas communication with the channel 12, as shown, so that whenever theaccumulations within the catch-basin are to be dipped out in the mannerhereinbefore eX- plained they may be poured into said receiver or-funnel 15, and upon reaching the proper level therein it is apparentthat they will be conveyed or carried to the main 5 by the said longerleg 7 of the Siphon-pipe. After the catch-basin has been emptied of theaccumulations therein a quantity of water is poured into the receiver orfunnel 15, as indicated at 16, and this water on reaching the properlevel forms a trap by which there can be no possible escape of sewer-gasto the interior of the catch-basin which may find its way from the main5 through the siphonpipe in a manner understood and known to beexceedingly undesirable and frequently attended with danger to life,more especially on the opening up of the catch-basin by the operator forthe purpose of `cleaning the same.

It is ythought from the foregoing that the construction and operation ofmy improvements Will be fully understood and also that the same will beseen to possess decided advantages in many ways.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patenty l 1. The combination with a catch-basin, and a main,of a communicating Siphon-pipe between the two, the shorter leg of saidpipe extending within the basin and divided by a partition into twochannels communicating with the longer leg of the Siphon-pipe, the

shorter leg of the pipe being provided with al receiver communicatingwith one of said channels for receiving the water taken from the basinwhen cleaning the latter, the receiver being adapted to permanentlycontain a quantity of water to form a trap.

2. The combination with a catch-basin and a main, of a communicatingSiphon-pipe between the two, the shorter leg thereof eX- tending withinthe basin and provided with means in communication with the longer legofthe Siphon-pipe for receiving the water taken from the basin whencleaning the latter, said means adapted to permanently contain aquantity of water to form a trap for reventing sewer-gas from passinginto the asm.

3. A Siphon-pipe for street catch-basins, the shorter legl of which isprovided with a curved partition substantially concentric with the lowerside of said shorter leg and dividing said leg into an upper and a lowerchannel each communicating with the longer leg of the pipe said shorterleg of the pipe being also provided with a receiver comprising a funnelleading to the. upper channel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscibing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ENGELBRECHT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM LA FORGE, RICHARD LAFORGE.

